Intensive Care from Robbie, A Lift from Shannon and great music from Alex Lloyd!
Well I have been very slack and there is a lot of news to catch up on!
First up, how good where the ARIAs?!? The lists of winners is below, and were all pretty much as they should be, in my humble opinion!
Album of the Year - Missy Higgins, The Sound Of White (Eleven/EMI)
Single of the year - Ben Lee, Catch My Disease (Inertia)
Breakthrough Artist - Album - Missy Higgins, The Sound Of White (Eleven/EMI)
Breakthrough Artist - Single - End Of Fashion, O Yeah! (EMI)
Best Group - Eskimo Joe, Older Than You (FMR)
Best Male Artist - Ben Lee, Awake Is The New Sleep (Inertia)
Best Female Artist - Missy Higgins, The Sound Of White (Eleven/EMI)
Best Rock Album - Grinspoon, Thrills Kills And Sunday Pills (UMA)
Best Country Album - Keith Urban, Be Here (Capitol/EMI)
Best Blues and Roots Album - Mia Dyson, Parking Lots (Black Door Records/MGM)
Best Children's Album - The Wiggles, Live Hot Potatoes (ABC Kids)
Best Dance Release - Infusion, Six Feet Above Yesterday (Sony BMG)
Best Urban Release - Daniel Merriweather, She's Got Me (FMR)
Best Adult Contemporary Album - The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart (Capitol/EMI)
Best Pop Release - Missy Higgins, The Sound Of White (Eleven/EMI)
Best Independent Release - Ben Lee, Awake Is The New Sleep (Inertia)
Best Comedy Release - Tripod, Middleborough Road (Liberation)
Best Music DVD - Jet, Right Right Right (EMI/Capitol)
Highest Selling Album - Missy Higgins, The Sound of White (Eleven/EMI)
Highest Selling Single - Anthony Callea, The Prayer (Sony BMG)
ARIA Awards Hall of Fame Inductee - Jimmy Barnes
I had the pleasure of seeing two of the biggest winners at this years ARIA’s perform at the Myer Music Bowl last night. Ben Lee was fantastic, I have to be honest, I used to hate him. I thought he was a self-centred, arrogant little prick, but he seems to have had an attitude adjustment somewhere along the way, for the better, and I found him to be quite charming. Missy Higgins was her usual humble and gorgeous self. Her voice is so powerful, it blows me away. Just quietly I am expecting an announcement any day that they are a couple….we will see. The only low point of the gig was that I had to miss End of Fashion Live at the Chapel, as it was the same night :0(
Very pleased to see that Mr. Robbie Williams has taken his rightful place back at the top of charts with ‘Intensive Care’; following in the footsteps the previous week of our very own Shannon Noll with 'Lift'…Go Nollsey!
Alex Lloyd’s new self-titled album would come close to being the best thing he has ever done! He is looking great too, he has lost a heap of weight. Fatherhood must be agreeing with him in a big way!
I’ll try to keep this relatively short and sweet and promise I won’t leave it so long next time!
Luv Pop Princess
